Bathing-belt buckle purse



May 13 1924. 1,494,048

H. WISSOTSKY ET Al.

BATHING BELT BUCKLE PURSE Filed sept. 2 1922 q wnlms www@ Patented May 13, 1924.

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HARRY WISSOTSKY AND SAMUEL STEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BATHING-BELT BUCKLE PURSE.

Application filed september 2, 1922. serial N6. 585,861.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY WIsso'rsxY and SAMUEL STEIN, citizens of Russia and the United States, respectively, residing at 215 Monroe Street, New York, N. Y., respectively, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bathing-'Belt Buckle Purses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a swimmers belt purse having for an object to provide the swimmer with a purse from which coins may be readily extracted and which will securely hold the coins. As is well known, swimmers at bathing beaches often wish to carry small change in their bathing clothes to purchase refreshments, our invention providing a purse particularly adapted for this purpose.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing the purse mounted on a belt.

Fig. 2 is a face view of the purse, showing also a portion of the belt to which it is attached the coin locking element being omitted.

Fig. 3 is a similar view but with the coin locking element in place.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an edge view.

Fig. 6 is an edge view showing amodiication.

Referring now to the drawings the purse comprises a shallow metal box 10 having rounded corners. The box is divided into a number of compartments 10', each of which occupies one corner of the box and is of generally circular outline, by a suitably bent partition member 11 placed in the box. Within each of these compartments is a coiled spring 12 pressing outwardly against a disk 13 slidable in the compartment and having a cylindrical guide ange 13.

The top of the box is indicated at 15 and comprises a separate sheet of metal having finger recesses or notches 16 cut in the corners thereof. These notches register with the compartments 10 but are of less area than the latter so as to prevent displacement of the disks 13, and such coins as may be in the various compartments, by the outward pressure of the springs 12.' The corners of theouter wall of the box are cut down below the level of the 'top to leave openings 17 for the insertion and'removal of coins. The purse is here shown as fixed on a plate 18 having transverse slots 19 adapted to be engaged'by the'ends of the belt 20.

In connection with our 'improved coin purse we provide a simple device for locking the coins against accidental displacement. This device comprises a cross 25 pivoted up-r on the top 15aL of the box centrally thereof as at 26 and having its ends downturned as at 27 to project across the openings 17 before referred to. Formed integral with this cross is an arm 28 which extends longitudinally over the belt 2()a and has a stud 29 on its end adapted to engage in an aperture in a locking member 30 fixed to the belt whereby the cross is held in position with its arms projected over the corners of the bo-x. A knob 31 is formed on the arm 28 for purposes of manipulation.

1f a coin is to be removed from the purse the arm 28 is depressed to free the stud 29 from the locking element 30. The cross 25 is then turned until its arms move out of registry with the exit openings 17 from the compartments 10 and the co-in or coins removed in the usual manner.

In Fig. 6 we have shown a modication in which a flanged cover 40 is hinged at one side as at 41 to the box 10 and has an apertured finger 42 projecting from its opposite side and adapted to be engaged by a hook 43 on the free end of a strap 44 stitched at its opposite end to the belt 20, the hook having a knob or handle 45 thereon. 1n this arrangement the tension of the belt holds the hook from displacement from the member 42.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is ras follows 1. In combination, a swimmers belt, a coin purse thereon formed with separate pockets, and means adapted for engagement with the belt for locking the coins in the4 said pockets.

2. In combination, a swimmers belt, a coin purse thereon comprising a box having a series of coin compartments and having openings in the corners for passage of the coins, a cross rotatable on said box with its arms projecting across the said openings, and means releasably looking said cross t0 said belt.

3. In combination, a swimmers belt, a coin purse thereon comprising a box having a series of coin compartments and having openings in the corners for passage of the coins, a cross rotatable on said box with its arms projecting across the said openings, and means releasably locking said cross to said belt, said means comprising an arm on said cross, an apertured locking elementcarried by said belt, and a stud on said arm adapted to engage in the aperture in the said locking element.

4. In combination, a swimmer-s belt, a coin purse thereon, comprising a box having a seriesA of coin compartments formed With openings in the'side Walls of the box for the passage of the coins, and an element rotatable on the box and normally acting HARRY VVSSOTSKY. SAMUEL STEIN 

